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Patented @et 26, 1926.

Urrea stares PATENT @FMC MAXIMUM-CAPACITY CAR.

Application filed July 28,

The present invention relates to railway cars designed for carrying and depositing ballast material which cars are also capable of use for commerciallading, such as coal and the like. y

The material used for ballasting track is heavier than commercial lading such as coal so that a car which is designed for carrying'ballast material is usually of less cubic capacity than a car designed v'tor carrying. commercial lading. The reason for this is, that the ladino` of ballast r-eaches the limit ot weight allowable to be placed upon the axles with less cubic vcapacity than that of commercial lading. It is desirable, however, in many instances` that a car should be capable of carrying the allowable weight oit material either as ballast or as commercial lading such as coal. Further, ballast materials ot diiterent weights occupy more` or less cubic capacity so that it is desirable that a car be capable ot carrying` such ballast materials to the allowed capacity ot the axles.

The object of my invention, therefore, is to provide such a car and also to provide a car trom which either ballast material or commercial lading;` may be etliciently discharged.

Further objects will appear as the description proceeds.

Referring to the drawings- Figure 'l is a longitudinal sectional view ot a railway car embodying the principles ot the present invention; and

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view, on a reduced scale, Vtaken along the plane indicated by the arrows 2 2 ot Figure 1.

The numeral 1 indicates a car having vertical side walls 22 and vertical end walls one ot which is indicated by the numeral 3,

which walls serve to confine the maximum load ot commercial lading.

Trucks` one ot which 1s located ad]acent to each end of the car, are illustrated dia-V grammatically by the wheels thereof, whichY wheels are indicated by the numeralsiwa. According to the illustrated embodiment of the present invention. the car is provided with load discharging` mechanism' located Y between the trucks. saidmechanism comprising doors, one of which is indicated in part of its length in Figure 1, 4sai'dxdoor bearing; the numeral," 5,. Said' doors 5 are 1924. Serial No. 728,532.

mounted for swinging movement about axes disposed. longitudinally of the car.

The mechanism and arrangement of the load discharging` doors between the trucks need not be illustrated or described, inasmuch as mechanism tor this purpose is well known. y It will be sutticient to state that the mechanism between the trucks will preferably permit the selective dumping of material either between theprails upon which the car is placed or outside of said rails.

Adjacent each end of the car is a wall 6 spaced inwardly from the end wall 8. This wall 6 extends upwardly between the car sides from a point adjacent the ends ot the doors 5 so that the lading" located between the walls 6 will move toward the doors 5 when said doors are open. The wall 6 should be disposed at ysuch an angle relative to a horizontal plane that ballast material will flow therefrom. `An angle of approximately t degrees or greater is suitable Jfor this purpose. In the present embodiment ot my invention I have shown these walls sloping' upwardlytoward the car ends to a point sufficient to enclose a maximum lading of heavy ballast material. It will be noted Y that bythis arrangement a space or compartment is provided at each end ot the car between the end walls 3 and the intermediate walls 6 so that, it it is desired to load y the car with coal or like material which is lighter' than ballast, a maximum load ot such material may beplaced in the car by loading not only the center compartment but both end compartments as well.

At each end ot the car above the trucks is a floor indicated. by the numeral 7. The

details of construction of the floor 7 do not form a part ot' the present invention, but said floors should be so designed as to permit the discharge of ladingtherefrom to the' sides ot thevcar outside the rails. In the illustrated embodiment of the present invention, the floor 7 may comprise sloping .portions for directing lading laterally of the car, said sloping' portions having their apex along` the line marked by the angle 8. Swinging side doors 9 9y may fbe provided, controlled in any preferredway for permitting@lading` to flow from said floor 7 to the sides .ot the car. Co-operating with each sloping wall 6 is a reversely sloping wall i0, which walls l10e-1Q are pro-v vided for the purpose of supporting lading at the ends of the car. permitting the eficient discharge thereof, and for forming a suitable brace for the wall 6. Each wall 6 extends to a line disposed transversely of the car, lwhich line'liesnear the 'top of the car above the corresponding truck indicated by the wheels 1 -4. In the illustrated embodiment of the present invention, the top of each wall 6 lies in a vertical plane substantially midway between the wheels 1*4 of its adjacent truck. It will be understood, however, that this wall may extend to any point suiiicient to enclose the maximum load of heaviest material.

In order to provide means for preventing the load of ballast material from falling into the end compartments of the car and also to provide ,for the loading of the car with ballast material ofdi'ferent weights, I provide the upperetlge of each wall 6 with a `Aswinging partition 11, which vpartition is supported by means of a hinge 11, or by other preferred means. Each of said partitions 11 is adapted to occupy a positionin which it is turned downward against its corresponding wall' or to be turned upward to form an extension of this wall as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1. For the purpose of yholding the partition 11 in its operative position, the side walls of .thecar maybe provided with stops indicated by the numeral 12. Latch members indicated by the numeral 13 may be provided for cooperating with the stops 12 and the swinging partitions 11 thereby holding the said partitions securely in operative position.

The tops of the walls 6-6 define the limits longitudinally of the car, of the lading carried centrally of the car, theoutline of which lading is indicated by the numeral lll. The lower line 14 indicates a ladingof the heaviest ballast material,\while the upper line 14 indicates a limit of lading of lighter ballast material, which is heavier thanfordinary commercial lading. f

In operation, when `it is desired to use the car' for carrying ballast or other heavy lading, said heavy lading will be deposited in the car centrally thereof, being carried by the bottom portion and, if the walls 6-*6 areplaced .at an angle less than 90 degrees, by said walls. When the `car is used for carrying relatively heavy lading, thenpartitions 1'1-11 will Ybe turned .up so as to effectually confine such .heavy lading between the walls'G-d These partitionsfIl-f-"ll lalso serve to prevent fthe. lading which is deposited between the walls .vfronr passing over `the upper edges fofV the walls :6..into' the end compartments. .Theyfalsdminimize --the..,danger ofidro'pping nthe ladingintended to be placed between thewallsiintothe end l` compartments. rthis lading ...is usually deposited in the carby steam"'shove1s, leere lessness or inattention on t-he part of the steam shovel operator might result in a portion of the ballast material passing into the end compartments. When the car is to be used for the purpose of carrying a Vications willv occur to those skilled in the walls dividing the car body into a central compartment and end compartments, and means co-operating with the upper edge of said intermediate walls for preventing lad- `ing'from fallingv into the end compartments.

2. A car of the class described comprising a body portion having vertical side and end walls and a floor provided with load discharging'mcans between the trucks and with load-discharging means over the trucks, in-

termediate walls extending upwardly from a point adjacent the ends of the load discharging means between the trucks, avswinging member along the upper. edge of said intermediate walls, said swinging member forming an extension of its intermediate wall when swung upwardly, and means for securing said swinging member in its upward position.

'3. A car of the class described comprising =a body portion having vertical side and end walls and a floor provided with load discharging means-between the trucks, intermediate walls extending upwardly from a point adjacent the ends ofthe load discharg- Vingmeans.a swinging memberalong the upperJ edgeof-said intermediate walls, said swinging vmember Hforming lan extension of its `intermediate wall when swungvupwardly, and a latch memberfor securing said swing- `ing member in its `upward position to the sidewalls ef..thecar. n

Agues ,car of the vclass described `co'mpris'in .a'bordymportion having vertical sideand-.en wal-island azfloorjprovided' with load fdisvcharging means'betwe'en the 'llcls andwith load discharging means over the trucks, Wall When moved upwardly, and means for intermediate walls extending upwardly securing said movable. member in its upward from a point adjacent to Jche ends of the position. l0 load discharging means between the trucks, Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 21st day 5 a movable member along the upper edge of of July, 1924.

said intermediate Walls, Said movable member forming an extension of its intermediate HARRY S. HART. 

